The exhibition ‘Legacy of (Post)Colonial Bible Translations in the Arctic, Oceania and West Africa’ will be on display at the Bible Museum until 1 March 2026. It was developed in cooperation with ‘Global Bible (GloBil)’, an international project led by PD Dr Felicity Jensz from the Centre for Religion and Modernity at the University of Münster and Prof Hilary Carey from the University of Bristol.

Since 2023, the research team has been conducting a critical examination of British and German contributions to the creation of a ‘global Bible.’ In particular, three case study regions where German and British colonialism once prevailed were examined: the Arctic, Australia/Oceania and West Africa. These regions are examples of areas where the Bible, based on its original Hebrew and Greek sources, has been disseminated through translations across various historical eras and imperial contexts into the 21st century. 

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